Do you know anyone who uses the phrase "rap band"?

[elperromagico]

Or is that a Southern thing?

[mark414]

1. well, there's quite a few of them out there...

the roots being the most obvious example, the coup, digable planets always tour with a live band and have many an in house musician, tribe called quest features a lot of live instrumentation, etc. etc. etc.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Beat me to it.

For the record: New Roots album = excellent.

[ContraBass Black]

14. The moment I heard "In the Music," I was sold.

You've got your armor on for what is inevitably to come, right?

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Haha, always do, sir, always do.

[ContraBass Black]

17. The usual suspects are already lining up.

I'm not sure I'm in the mood.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Haha, I've got nothing better to do.

Nachos+The Velvet Underground+Rap flamewar...Fine way to spend a Wednesday night.

[elperromagico]

4. Questlove is a good drummer. I know that much.

Most people I know who use the phrase "rap band," though, use it in reference to solo acts. For example: "What's that rap band that does 'Gold Digger'?" :P

[bridgit]

3. nope...

[elperromagico]

5. Would you consider introducing the phrase into your vocabulary?

:D

[bridgit]

7. nope...

:rofl:

[bridgit]

8. OHHHH, you mean 'rap band'...

sure why not :thumbsup:

[mark414]

19. see, back in the day when we was slaves

our masters wouldn't let us wear hats, so we was out there workin all day, the sun beatin down on our heads - and by the end of the day the slaves was too tired to fight back against the white man, so what we sayin is, yo, we got some hats now mothafucka

[bridgit]

30. pft-bhwahaha, you got it...

:spray: :rofl: :thumbsup:

[Redstone]

6. I still don't understand the phrase "rap music."

Redstone

[mark414]

9. it's a symptom of old age

it's okay

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. Indeed.

People who can't appreciate rap are best left ignored. Occasionally rolled over so they don't get bed sores.

[Redstone]

12. Nah, it's a symptom of having been a musician.

Redstone

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. "having been" is the operative phrase.

Old people "had been" all sorts of things they aren't anymore.

[Redstone]

16. In my case, wiseass, it's because of a physical disability.

If you ever go through what I went through and lose your ability to do what you did for a living, you might appreciate that.

That's one thing that old age brings is some fucking perspective about other people.

Redstone

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. Oh, I know a thing or twelve about old age.

But there's a difference between the body aging, and the mind going to pot.

[Redstone]

23. I bow before your wisdom, then, ineffable as it is.

Redstone

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. apology accepted.

As the Muse was unavailible to attend, I'll have to accept that on her behalf.

[mark414]

28. hey no need for any of this

old age or not stop acting like kids

redstone - sorry for the snark, but it's obviously music with a deep and rich history that goes back centuries (do you want me to write a thesis on it? i could). there's a lot of things that i don't like but i don't dismiss them offhand because they don't fit my tastes. being a musician is not a qualifier for generalizations about something that you've never cared for enough to learn anything about it.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. I still contend it's a symptom of being...

Ignorant about a genre which you just happen to have an aesthetic dislike for. (And some odd compulsion to be an ass about it.)

[Redstone]

25. What, I don't get to like a particular "genre?"

I thought that everyone go to do that.

Redstone

[ghostsofgiants]

29. No, you don't get to dismiss an entire genre as not being music...

Just because you don't like it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Tecnically it's correct.

A "band" is just a group of people organized for some purpose.

[elperromagico]

26. Yes, I suppose you're right.

:thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. Yes, it's a sign of someone not listening to rap.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5622381&mesg_id=5622388

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

31. Yeah, I know about them. It's just that...

I've always heard it from people like my mother saying something like, "Your sister wants a CD from that rap band 50 Cent? Do you know that band?"

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Ohhh, I misunderstood what you meant.

Pay me no mind, haha.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. Works the other way too.

People thinking band names are real people. Doobie Brothers, e.g.

[mark414]

34. lynyrd skynyrd!